EP2433644A1 - Traitement du cancer du sein - Google Patents

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EP2433644A1
EP2433644A1 EP10178346A EP10178346A EP2433644A1 EP 2433644 A1 EP2433644 A1 EP 2433644A1 EP 10178346 A EP10178346 A EP 10178346A EP 10178346 A EP10178346 A EP 10178346A EP 2433644 A1 EP2433644 A1 EP 2433644A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of cancer therapeutics.
  • Estrogene as well as progesterone including its synthetic derivatives are used in combined hormone replacement therapies (HRT) in postmenopausal women to ameliorate menopausal symptoms. Estrogene and progestins may also be used as hormonal contraceptives.
  • Tamoxifen is an antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue. It is a standard endocrine (anti-estrogen) therapy for hormone-positive early breast cancer in post-menopausal women. It would also inhibit hormone replacement therapies by blocking the estrogen receptor.
  • RANKL Receptor Activator of NF- K B Ligand
  • TRANCE-R receptor RANK
  • RANKL inhibition was approved for potentially millions of patients to prevent bone loss.
  • RANK and RANKL have been cloned and characterized ( US 6,017,729 , EP 0 873 998 , EP 0 911 342 , US 5,843,678 , WO 98/46751 , WO 98/54201 ).
  • Both RANKL and RANK expression have been observed in primary breast cancers in humans and breast cancer cells lines and it has been proposed that the RANKL/RANK system can regulate bone metastases of epithelial tumors 14 without an effect on proliferation or death susceptibility.
  • the present invention relates to the specific role of RANKL in cancer and methods and means to interfere in the cancer associated RANKL mechanism for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes. It was found that RANKL is responsible for protecting cells from cancerogenous mutations as it prevents cell death after such mutations induced by DNA damage. Survival of cells despite transforming mutations is one key property of cancer cells. The newly discovered role of RANKL in this activity allows the inhibition of RANKL activity to treat and prevent cancer development and progression.
  • the present invention relates to a cancer therapy using a RANKL inhibitor as active agent.
  • a cancer therapy is to be understood as the reduction of cancer cells in the body of a patient or at least the prevention of further progression of the disease.
  • RANKL inhibitors include antibodies widely known e.g. from US 2008/107597 , WO 2010/022120 A1 , US 6,740,522 , US 7,411,050 , EP 2003203 A1 , or polypeptide inhibitors disclosed in US 2004/167072 . Any of these prior RANKL inhibitors can be used according to the present invention.
  • RANKL is a known ligand of cell surface receptor RANK that regulates function of dendritic cells and osteclasts. According to the present invention, a further mechanism in the development of cancer has been discovered. RANKL drives hormone-influenced cancer development. Such hormones may be of the normal hormonal background in any individual or may have been artificially administered (such as in hormone replacement therapies, in menopause treatment or as contraceptive). Furthermore, the cellular mechanism and activity of this ligand in cancer has been investigated and characterized.
  • RANKL activity includes binding of RANKL to RANK and its resulting activation. RANK in turn further activates IKK ⁇ , IxB ⁇ , P-NF K B and cyclinD1 as well as the Id2-p21, MAPK Erk and p38 pathway. Modifying activity of any of these factors can be used for a therapeutic or prophylactic method or to reduce cancer cell viability. Most of these proteins are intracellular and it is possible to inhibit their function by intracellular inhibition of their activity or expression such as by RNAi. RANKL and RANK are extracellular targets but may also be targeted intracellular (e.g. by RNAi).
  • progestins such as MPA triggers massive induction of the key osteoclast differentiation factor Receptor Activator of NF-B Ligand (RANKL) in cells. Inhibition or inactivation of RANKL or its receptor RANK in these cells prevents progestin-induced proliferation.
  • RANKL/RANK inhibition results in a markedly reduced incidence and delayed onset of progestin-driven cancer and reduced self-renewal capacity of cancer stem cells.
  • RANKL is known to influence bone metastasis of tumors
  • the present invention provides for the first time the possibility to treat cancer in general and cancer independent of metastasis.
  • the cancer is a primary tumor.
  • RANK/RANKL antagonizing therapy is for treating patients with elevated sexual hormones or of their functional derivatives.
  • One cancer treated or prevented according to the present invention is breast cancer, including primary breast cancer.
  • the cancer is a cancer dependent on hormones for growth.
  • hormones may be sexual hormones, such as female sexual hormones like progesterone or estrogene.
  • the cancer cells may have hormone receptors, especially progesterone receptors and/or estrogene receptors.
  • estrogene receptors are ESR1 (comprising ER alpha chains), ESR2 (comprising ER-beta chains) or heteromeric receptors, such as of mixed ER-alpha and ER-beta chains. Presence of such receptors may indicate a requirement of hormone signalling in the cell. In particular, this signalling may be RANKL-mediated.
  • the hormone signalling is mediated by the progesterone receptor.
  • the cancer comprises cancer cells with a progesterone receptor but without functional estrogene receptor.
  • RANKL Activation of RANKL by hormones protects the cancer or a pre-cancerous cell from DNA damage induced cell death. Thus these hormones may support cancer via increased RANKL activity.
  • Preferred types of cancer diagnosed according to the present invention are cancers with sexual hormone dependency during development, especially breast cancer or prostate cancer.
  • lymphoma Hodgkin's lymphoma; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma; T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma; peripheral T-cell leukemia, adult T-cell leukemia/T-cell lymphoma; NK cell tumor; large granular lymphocytic leukemia; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; myeloid neoplasia; acute myelogenous leukemia; acute promyelocytic leukemia; acute myelomonocytic leukemia; acute monocytic leukemia; a myelodysplastic syndrome; and a chronic myeloproliferative disorder.
  • the cancer is selected from lung cancer, breast cancer, mammary cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, prostate cancer, head and neck cancer, cancer of unknown primary origin, lymphoma, leukemia, kidney cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer.
  • the cancer is a hormone driven-cancer like breast or prostate cancer.
  • hormones may be female sexual hormones like estrogen or progesterone, or artificial functional equivalents thereof like progestins or other factors known to induce RANKL such as PTHrP (Parathyroid hormone-related protein) or Vitamin D.
  • the cancer may be of epithelial origin.
  • the cancer is treated or prevented in its origin tissue, such as in the breast in the case of breast or mammary cancer or in the prostate for prostate cancer.
  • the cancer may be a primary cancer.
  • a primary cancerous development can be prevented or delayed by inhibiting RANKL activity. Therefore the primary cancer can be treated or prevented.
  • the invention provides a RANKL inhibitor for use in the treatment or prevention of cancer in a patient, wherein the patient has received a hormone treatment, preferably a hormone replacement therapy, preferably with estrogene, progesterone or a progestin, or a hormone contraceptive.
  • a hormone treatment preferably a hormone replacement therapy, preferably with estrogene, progesterone or a progestin, or a hormone contraceptive.
  • Treatment shall be construed as a beneficial effect on cancer patients, in particular as a reduction of cancer cells, including preventing further progression of cancer, but not necessarily in an absolute curative sense, which is of course possible but not necessarily required by the invention.
  • preventing shall not be construed as an absolute success to always prevent the onset of cancer, but as a relative reduction of the risk of developing cancer in a patient or of delaying onset of cancer, i.e. as a prophylactic treatment.
  • the prevention of cancer is a particular advantage of the present invention. Since RANKL-induced protection against apoptosis is a fundamental step in the development of cancer, it is now possible to inhibit this step in cancerous developments and prevent for a certain time or delay cancer manifestation.
  • the treatment or prevention according to the present invention can be used to treat benign tumors or nodules and thus inhibit further development in cancer formation.
  • the normal hormonal levels of a patient may usually be sufficient to trigger the RANKL pathway that has been involved with cancer development according to the present invention.
  • hormone level may be increased in a patient, be it for natural or artificial causes.
  • Such increased hormone level may increase the RANKL associated cancer development and progression and therefore in a preferred embodiment the patient to be treated according to the present invention has increased hormone levels, e.g. blood concentrations, in particular of sexual hormones such as progesterone (or the synthetic functional analogons, progestines) or estrogenes.
  • RANKL pathway in particular of hormone driven cancers such as breast cancer or prostate cancer.
  • any deregulation of the endogenous progesterone system such as in pre-menopause may increase the risk of cancer.
  • administrating a RANKL inhibitor can decrease the risk of breast cancer or be used to treat a breast cancer.
  • RANKL activity protects breast cancer cells from apoptosis and increases breast cancer survival in view of cancerogenic mutations. Reducing RANKL activity therefore prevents this protective effect and results in increased cancer cell death.
  • the patient might have or might have had a therapy with sexual hormones. It was found according to the present invention that RANKL activity in cancer development is influenced by sexual hormones, in particular by estrogenes or progesteron or its dervatives (progestins). Therefore, in preferred embodiments the patient is treated by a hormone, preferably receives hormone replacement therapy, preferably with estrogene, progesterone or a progestin, or with a hormone contraceptive. Examples of progestins are medroxyprogesterone (or its acetate, e.g.
  • norethisterone norethisterone, ethisterone, norethynodrel, norethindrone acetate, ethynodiol diacetate, levonorgestrel, norgestrel, desogestrel, gestodene, norgestimate, drospirenone, dienogest, nesterone, nomegestrol acetate, trimegestrone, tanaproget, megestrol acetate, pranone, etonogestrel.
  • the hormone or derivative preferably has progestinic effects. In particular the hormone may induce RANKL.
  • hormone level in general of sexual hormones, is upregulated leading to increased progesterone levels that could be tied to development of cancer via the RANKL pathway according to the present invention. Therefore, patients which receive or have been treated by a hormone or hormone contraceptive are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. For these patients, administering a RANKL inhibitor is particularly effective for treating or preventing cancer, cancer development or cancer progression.
  • progestin and/or progesterone levels that may be found in a patient to be treated are e.g. serum concentration or at least 0.2 ng/ml, preferably at least 0.3 ng/ml.
  • a "RANKL inhibitor” is to be understood as any compound or agent, that reduces RANKL activity. It includes any RANKL ligand, in particular anti-RANKL-antibodies, that inactivates free RANKL and prevents competitively its binding to and activation of RANK. Further RANKL inhibitors include RANK antagonists that block RANK, RANKLs cellular receptor.
  • any factor in RANKLs signalling pathway including RANKL itself, RANK, IKK ⁇ , IxB ⁇ , P-NF K B, cyclinD1 (NF ⁇ B pathway inhibition), Id2, MAPK Erk and p38 can be antagonized or p21 increased or agonized (Id2 pathway inhibition) to prevent RANKL signalling and reduce RANKL activity.
  • the Id2 pathway functions as a transcriptional repressor of p21, on of the major cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, which inhibits cell cycle progression. Therefore, the Id2 pathway has to be inhibited for p21 to be upregulated hence stopping proliferation.
  • a RANKL inhibitor can inhibit or antagonize any one of RANKL itself, RANK, IKK ⁇ , IxB ⁇ , P-NF K B, cyclinD1, Id2, MAPK Erk or p38 or increase or agonize p21 or any combination thereof, preferably of at least 2, 3, 4, 5, or all of these factors, in particular preferred with RANKL.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may be any compound that lowers RANKL concentration, in particular serum concentrations, or lower RANKL expression.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower RANK concentration on cell surface, in particular cancer cell surface, and/or lower RANK expression and/or lower RANK activation in response to RANKL binding.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of IKK ⁇ .
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of I ⁇ B ⁇ .
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of P-NF K B.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of cyclinD1
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of Id2.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further increase intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of p21.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of MAPK Erk.
  • a RANKL inhibitor may further lower intracellular concentrations and/or expression and/or activation of p38.
  • RNA interference is a mechanism to suppress gene expression in a sequence specific manner.
  • RNA interference is highly effective methodology for suppression of specific gene function in eukaryotic cells.
  • siRNA short interfering RNA
  • shRNA short-hairpin RNA
  • siRNA for use in the methods and compositions of the invention are selected to target a desired molecule of the RANKL signaling pathway or combinations of such molecules. In this manner they are targeted to various RNAs corresponding to a target gene. It is understood by one of skill in the art that the siRNA as herein described may also include altered siRNA that is a hybrid DNA/RNA construct or any equivalent thereof, double-stranded RNA, microRNA (miRNA), as well as siRNA forms such as siRNA duplications, small hairpin RNA (shRNA) in viral and non-viral vectors and siRNA or shRNA in carriers.
  • RANKL RNAi is e.g. described in WO 2005/028633 .
  • RNAi RNAi inhibitors
  • WO 02/055692 WO 02/055693
  • EP 1 144 623 B1 EP 1 144 623 B1
  • WO 03/074654 any such compound can be used as a RANKL inhibitor.
  • the RANKL inhibitor is a RANKL or RANK ligand, preferably an anti-RANKL antibody, such as Denosumab, or as disclosed in US 2008/107597 .
  • Anti-RANKL-antibody includes any functional equivalents and derivatives therof, including antibody fragments such as Fab, F(ab)2, Fv, or single chain antibodies (scAb).
  • Antibodies specifically binding the RANKL activity associated proteins and factors, especially RANKL and RANK and any proteins in the RANKL signalling pathway, are also encompassed by the invention.
  • the antibodies may be produced by immunization with full-length protein, soluble forms of the protein, or a fragment thereof.
  • the antibodies of the invention may be polyclonal or monoclonal, or may be recombinant antibodies, such as chimeric antibodies wherein the murine constant regions on light and heavy chains are replaced by human sequences, or CDR-grafted antibodies wherein only the complementary determining regions are of murine origin.
  • Antibodies of the invention may also be human antibodies prepared, for example, by immunization of transgenic animals capable of producing human antibodies ( WO 93/12227 ). The antibodies are useful for detecting RANKL in biological samples, thereby allowing the identification of cells or tissues which produce the protein in addition, antibodies which bind to RANKL (and block interaction with other binding compounds) have therapeutic use as RANKL inhibitor.
  • RANKL inhibitors may be suitable and used for reducing the free RANKL concentration in the circulation of a patient.
  • RANK is not the only natural receptor for RANKL.
  • Osteoprotegin (OPG) is a secreted decoy receptor that can reduce the RANKL activity (binding of RANKL to RANK and its signaling pathway via IKK ⁇ , IxB ⁇ , P-NF K B and cyclinD1 or via Id2-p21, MAPK Erk and p38). Therefore OPG may be administered as RANKL inhibitor.
  • RANK or a soluble form thereof itself may be used as RANKL ligand and inhibitor to reduce the free serum concentration of RANKL.
  • the inhibitor is usually administered in a therapeutically effective amount, an amount that reduces RANKL activity to significantly decrease cancer cell viability.
  • the RANKL activity may be suppressed to normal levels of an average person, furthermore, the RANKL activity may be reduced below average levels.
  • the RANKL activity is reduced by at least 25%, by at least 30%, by at least 40%, by at least 50%, by at least 60%, by at least 70% by at least 80% or by at least 90%. In preferred embodiments this reduction equates to RANKL serum levels.
  • the inhibitor may be used in combination with or for priming a further anti-cancer therapy, preferably a radiation- or chemotherapy.
  • a method for increasing the efficacy of cancer therapy in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need of an effective amount of an RANKL inhibitor, wherein said subject is also being administered a cancer therapy selected from the group consisting of small-molecule drugs, angiogenesis inhibitors, tumor vaccine, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, gene therapy and combinations thereof.
  • RANKL acts as a protective agent, immunizing cancer cells against DNA damage associated cell death.
  • RANKL activity By reducing RANKL activity and therefore reducing RANKLs protective effect on cancer, the cells become more susceptible to DNA damage. Therefore, in a preferred embodiment a cancer is treated in addition with a RANKL inhibitor and a further anti-cancer therapy that induces further cell damage such as radiation or chemotherapies.
  • a further cancer therapies are specific for cancer in a certain tissue, like breast, e.g. by administering localised a chemotherapeutic agent or a homing agent that targets the tissue cancer cells and induces further DNA damage either by radiation or a chemotherapeutic agent.
  • the present invention relates also to a kit comprising a chemotherapeutic agent and a RANKL inhibitor.
  • a RANKL inhibitor is provided for use in combination with a hormone replacement therapy or for use in combination with a hormone contraceptive, in particular to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.
  • the patient is preferably a mammal, in particular preferred a primate, even more preferred a human, in particular a female.
  • the patient might have or might have had a therapy with hormones, in particular female sexual hormones.
  • hormones in particular female sexual hormones.
  • Such a past therapy might have been in the past 5, 4, 3, 2, years or past 36, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1, month(s).
  • Patients, in particular females, receiving a hormone replacement therapy or are taking a hormone contraceptive, in particular a progesterone or a progestine are at an increased risk to develop cancer.
  • the present invention provides the combined use of a RANKL inhibitor as described above.
  • the present invention further provides a method of reducing RANKL activity in a cancer patient comprising administering a RANKL inhibitor to said patient.
  • the invention relates to a method of reducing the amount of cancer cells in a patient comprising administering a RANKL inhibitor to said patient.
  • the invention teaches a method of increasing cell death due to DNA damage of a cell comprising inhibiting RANK or RANKL or IKK-alpha or IkB-alpha, P-NF-kappa-B or CyclinD1 or Id2 or MAPK Erk or p38 or increasing p21 or any combination thereof, in particular a combination with inhibiting RANKL, in said cell, preferably by administering a RANKL inhibitor to said cell.
  • the cell receiving the inventive treatment may be a tissue cell wherein hormone dependent cancers may develop, especially the breast (especially for prophylactic methods) or a cancer cell.
  • said cell can be an epithelial cell or a cancer stem cell. Especially cancer of epithelial origin can be effectively treated by the inventive methods.
  • the cancer is of mammary gland epithelial cells.
  • RANKL inhibition as a significant effect on cancer stem cells and can prevent or reduce cancer comprising such stem cells.
  • a hormone treatment preferably a hormone replacement therapy, preferably with progesterone or a progestin, or a hormone contraceptive, such as described above.
  • hormone treatment in particular with female sexual hormones increases the risk of breast cancer and therefore, in a inventive therapeutical preventive method preferably the patient has been treated with such a hormone therapy previously or during the inventive therapeutic method.
  • Previous administrations of hormones may have been in the past 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years or more.
  • the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a RANKL inhibitor and a hormone or derivative thereof, selected from progesterone or a progestin, or a hormone contraceptive.
  • RANKL inhibition can reduce the risk of developing cancer by female sexual hormones, in particular of estrogene, progesterone or progestins. Therefore, it is advised to administer such hormones together with the RANKL inhibitor provided by the present invention. Such hormones might be used for hormone replacement therapies or as hormonal contraceptives.
  • hormonal contraceptive formulations include both an estrogen and a progestin, or are progestogen-only formulations which contain only progesterone or one of its synthetic analogues (progestins).
  • progestins progestogen-only formulations which contain only progesterone or one of its synthetic analogues
  • the present invention provides a combined use of hormone therapeutics, including female sexual hormone contraceptives, together with a RANKL inhibitor.
  • compositions or formulations for therapeutic or prophylactic use may comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier, solubilizer, emulsifier, preservative and/or adjuvant.
  • the invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an RANKL inhibitor.
  • therapeutically effective amount means an amount which provides a therapeutic effect for a specified condition and route of administration.
  • the composition may be in a liquid or lyophilized form and comprises a diluent (Tris, acetate or phosphate buffers) having various pH values and ionic strengths, solubilizer such as Tween or Polysorbate, carriers such as human serum albumin or gelatin, preservatives such as thimerosal or benzyl alcohol, and antioxidants such as ascrobic acid or sodium metabisulfite. Selection of a particular composition will depend upon a number of factors, including the condition being treated, the route of administration and the pharmacokinetic parameters desired. siRNA formulations are preferably administered in liposome formulations.
  • a diluent Tris, acetate or phosphate buffers
  • solubilizer such as Tween or Polysorbate
  • carriers such as human serum albumin or gelatin
  • preservatives such as thimerosal or benzyl alcohol
  • antioxidants such as ascrobic acid or sodium metabisulfite.
  • the present invention also relates to a kit comprising a hormone therapeutic, as described above, and a RANKL inhibitor.
  • a kit comprising a hormone therapeutic, as described above, and a RANKL inhibitor.
  • Such a kit may allow separate administration of the hormone therapeutic and the RANKL inhibitor.
  • compositions comprising RANKL inhibitors modified with water soluble polymers to increase solubility, stability, plasma half-life and bioavailability.
  • Compositions may also comprise incorporation of RANKL inhibitors into liposomes, microemulsions, micelles or vesicles for controlled delivery over an extended period of time. Soluble RANKL inhibitors may be formulated into microparticles suitable for pulmonary administration.
  • compositions of the invention may be administered by injection, either subcutaneous, intravenous or intramuscular, or by oral, nasal, pulmonary or rectal administration.
  • the route of administration eventually chosen will depend upon a number of factors and may be ascertained by one skilled in the art.
  • the invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-RANKL inhibitory nucleic acids (siRNA) of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant.
  • Nucleic acid compositions will be suitable for the delivery of part or all of the coding region of RANKL or any protein in the RANKL signalling pathway as described above and/or flanking regions to cells and tissues as part of an anti-sense therapy regimen.
  • Example 1 Mice .
  • Rank floxed mice have been recently generated Briefly, to generate mice carrying a null allele of Rank ( rank ⁇ allele), rank floxed mice were crossed to ⁇ -actin-Cre ubiquitous deleter mice. Mice carrying the rank- floxed or rank ⁇ alleles as well as the MMTV-Cre mice were backcrossed seven times onto a BALBc background before generating the MMTV-Cre rank ⁇ /floxed mice.
  • MMTV-NeuT mice were kindly provided by Guido Forni, Milan. MMTV-Cre (stock # 003553) and Mx-Cre mice (stock # 003556) were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory.
  • mice K5-Cre, IKK ⁇ floxed and NFATcl floxed mice have been previously described 2-4 .
  • Mouse genotypes were determined by PCR and Southern blot analysis. In all experiments, only littermate mice from the same breedings were used. All mice were bred and maintained according to institutional guidelines.
  • RANK deletion in tumors and Cre effects Southern blotting of the tumors that developed in RANK ⁇ mam females showed deletion of RANK, albeit some residual wild type band was observed ( Fig. 10c ) that may be explained by the presence of other cell types and/or escaper cells. Differences in tumor onset in Cre-negative control females and littermates expressing the MMTV-Cre transgene were not observed indicating that Cre expression per se does not alter tumor incidence in the MPA/DMBA mammary tumor model ( Fig. 10d ).
  • Example 2 MPA/DMBA-induced mammary carcinogenesis.
  • MPA/DMBA treatment was performed as described 5,6 . Briefly, six-week old female mice were anesthetized with ketamine-xylazine and surgically implanted with slow-release Medroxyprogesterone Acetat (MPA) pellets (50mg, 90-day release; innovative Research of America) subcutaneously on the right flank. 200pl DMBA (5mg/ml diluted in cottonseed oil) was administered by oral gavage 6 times throughout the following 8 weeks as outlined in Fig. 2a . Onset of mammary tumors was determined by palpation. Differences in tumor onset in Cre-negative control females and littermates expressing the MMTV-Cre transgene were not observed indicating that Cre expression per se does not alter tumor incidence in the MPA/DMBA mammary tumor model.
  • Example 3 Mammary tissue transplants .
  • mammary epithelial tissue was isolated from nulliparous 3-week-old donors and implanted into cleared mammary fat pads (devoid of endogenous epithelium) of 3-week-old host nu / nu mice as described 7 . Three weeks after surgery, hosts were mated and mammary tissue was isolated for analysis.
  • Example 4 Histology, whole-mount, and immunohistochemistry.
  • 5 ⁇ m sections were cut and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E).
  • H&E hematoxylin and eosin
  • Whole-mount staining of mammary glands was performed as described 8 .
  • immunoperoxidase staining paraffin-embedded sections were dehydrated and antigenic epitopes exposed using a 10 mM citrate buffer or microwaving. Sections were incubated with antibodies to cytokeratine 5, cytokeratine 14, E-cadherin, anti-Ki67 (Novocastra) and anti-active Caspase 3 (Cell Signaling) and visualized using peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies.
  • Histomor-phometric indices proliferation and apoptosis were calculated as the number of positive epithelial cells divided by the total number of epithelial cells, with no fewer than 1000 nuclei for Ki67 stainings and no fewer than 5000 cells for active Caspase 3 staining counted per section.
  • Example 5 Western blotting.
  • the human epithelial breast tumor cell line SKBR3 and primary non-transformed mouse mammary epithelial cells were left untreated or stimulated with recombinant murine RANKL ref . 9.
  • Adenocarcinomas were isolated from control and mutant mice and total protein lysates prepared.
  • Western blotting was carried out using standard protocols. Briefly, blots were blocked with 5% BSA in lxTBS 0.1% Tween-20 (TBST) for 1 hour and incubated with primary antibody overnight at 4°C (diluted in TBST according to the manufactures protocol).
  • Blots were washed 3 times in TBST for 30 minutes, incubated with HRP-conjugated 2 nd antibodies (1:2000, Promega) for 1 hour at room temperature, washed 3 times in TBST for 30 minutes, and visualized using ECL.
  • Example 6 qRT-PCR.
  • Total RNA of tumors was prepared using the RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen), according to the manufacturer's instructions. Total RNA (2 ⁇ g) was subjected to quantitative (q)RT-PCR analysis. The following primers were used:
  • Example 7 DNA damage responses.
  • primary mouse mammary epithelial cells and SKBR3 human breast cancer cells were seeded at a cell-density of 100000 cells/well in a 6-well plate and allowed to grow for 24 hours.
  • Cell cycle arrest and numbers of dead cells were determined using propidium iodine staining.
  • control and RANK ⁇ mam littermate females were y-irradiated with a total dose of 5 Gray (Gy).
  • mammary glands were isolated and immunostained for active Caspase 3 (Cell Signaling) indicative of apoptosis.
  • Example 8 FACS analysis of primary mammary epithelial cells .
  • tissue dissociation was used to generate single cell suspensions: lymph nodes were removed from both inguinal mammary fat pads and fat pads were then digested in 2ml complete EpiCult medium (EpiCult-B basal medium (StemCell Technologies SCT Catalog #05610) supplemented with EpiCult-B proliferation supplements, 10ng/ml bFGF (SCT Catalog #02634), 10 ng/ml EGF (SCT Catalog #02633), 4pg/ml Heparin (SCT Catalog #07980), 2.5ml FBS (5%) and antibiotics) with 2.5x collagenase/hyaluronidase (e.g.
  • biotin-conjugated anti-CD31 (#553371; BD), which labels endothelial cells, and biotinylated CD45 + and Ter119 + (StemSep murine chimera cocktail #13058C; Stem Cell Technologies; 3.5 ⁇ l/100ul vol), which labels hematopoietic cells, for 10min at room temperature.
  • Hematopoietic and endothelial cells were excluded by FACS using Strepavidin-conjugated-APC (#554067; BD). Staining with anti-CD49f (#551129; BD) and CD24 (#553261; BD) was used to identify the mammary stem cell population as previously described 10,11 .
  • Example 9 Cancer stem cell assays. Self-renewal of mammary cancer stem cells, i.e. tumor initiating cells (TICs), was assayed using a mammosphere assay as described previously 6,12 . Briefly, similar sized tumors (1cm 3 volume) were minced and digested in complete EpiCult medium with 2.5x collagenase/hyaluronidase (SCT Catalog #07912). 2x10 5 cells were then cultured in serum-free EpiCult medium supplemented with B27 (Invitrogen), 20ng/ml EGF (Protech), and 20 ng/ml bFGF (Sigma) using 6 well ultra-low attachment plates (Corning Costar).
  • TICs tumor initiating cells
  • the primary mammospheres which formed over 7 days, were collected by gentle centrifugation (800rpm), digested into single cell sus pensions with trypsin. (0.05%, 10min), and assayed for their ability to form secondary mammospheres as above.
  • Example 10 Anchorage-independent growth. The ability of cells to grow in soft agar was assayed as described previously 13 . Briefly, DNA grade agarose (1% in DMEM) was used as bottom layer (2ml in 6 well plates) and 2x10 4 SKBR3 cells were seeded in 1,5ml agarose (0,3% in DMEM). Cells were overlayed with 1.5ml DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS and cultured for 24 days.
  • M Streptavidin-coated microparticles (transparent cap), 1 bottle, 6.5mL: Streptavidin-coated microparticles, 0.72mg/mL; preservative.
  • R1 Anti-progesterone-Ab-biotin (gray cap), 1 bottle, 10 mL: Biotinylated monoclonal anti-progesterone antibody (mouse) 0.15mg/L, phosphate buffer 25mmol/L, pH 7.0; preservative.
  • R2 Progesterone-peptide-Ru(bpy)2+ black cap
  • 1 bottle 8 mL: Progesterone (of vegetable origin) coupled to a synthetic peptide labeled with ruthenium compley, 10 ng/mL; phosphate buffer 25 mmol/L, pH 7.0; preservative.
  • Example 12 Statistics. All values herein are given as means sem. Comparisons between groups were made by Student's t-test. For the Kaplan-Meier analysis of tumor onset a log rank test was performed. P 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. In addition to the Log RANK test a post-hoc power analysis was performed (PS Power and Sample Size Calculations, in the web at biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/PowerSampleSize) to calculate the probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis of equal tumor onset times given the number of experimental animals. For the study involving the RANK ⁇ mam animals the null hypothesis can be reject with a probability (power) of 0,933 and for the IKK ⁇ ⁇ mam animals with a probability of 0,766. The Type I error probability associated with this test of this null hypothesis is 0,05. Human data were analysed using a paired t-Test, the Mann Whitney U test, or a Spearman rank test as indicated.
  • Example 13 Effects of progestin on RANKL levels: MPA (medroxyprogesterone acetate, a representive progestin) pellets were implanted into female mice and RANKL expression was assayed. MPA treatment resulted in a more than 2000 fold induction of RANKL mRNA in isolated mammary epithelial cells ( Fig. 1a ). mRNA expression of RANK, of the decoy receptor of RANKL osteoprogesterin (OPG), of PTHrP (known to induce RANKL) and of TRAIL (known to bind to OPG) were not changed in isolated mammary epithelial cells.
  • OPG decoy receptor of RANKL osteoprogesterin
  • PTHrP known to induce RANKL
  • TRAIL known to bind to OPG
  • RANKL protein in the mammary gland confirmed induction of RANKL protein in the mammary gland ( FIG. 1b ).
  • Western blotting of isolated mammary epithelial cells also showed induction of the 19kDa soluble form of RANKL ( Fig. 5a ), most likely due to alternative splicing ( Fig. 5b-d ) as well as induction of MMP14 and ADAM17/TACE ( Fig. 5e ), two proteases known to shed RANKL from the cell surface.
  • RANKL induction in response to MPA in in vitro cell culture assays was not observed ( Fig. 6a-c ) suggesting that progestins per se are not sufficient to induce RANKL expression.
  • MPA can induce transcription of prolactin and the prolactin receptor in breast cancer cells and prolactin can directly induce RANKL via Jak2/Stat5 signaling
  • MPA induces RANKL in the mammary gland of prolactin receptor knock-out mice.
  • MPA triggers substantial production of RANKL protein in female control mice
  • Fig. 1c we failed to detect RANKL induction in prolactin receptor mutants. This data indicates that MPA triggers massive RANKL expression in the mammary gland via the prolactin receptor and/or that prolactin and MPA cooperate in RANKL induction.
  • Example 14 Effects of progestins on RANKL levels in RANKL/RANK impaired mice: To examine the potential role of RANKL/RANK in MPA-mediated tumorigene-sis RANK was deleted in mammary epithelial cells using K5-Cre and MMTV-Cre mediated excision of an inducible RANK allele (K5-Cre rank flox/ ⁇ mice and MMTV-Cre rank flox / ⁇ mice). Both mouse lines appear healthy and exhibit normal bone structures and lymph node formation. As expected K5-Cre rank flox / ⁇ mice exhibited apparently normal mammary gland development in puberty; however, these mice did not develop milk-secreting lobuloalveolar structures during pregnancy ( Fig.
  • MMTV-Cre rank flox/ ⁇ mice mammary gland development in nulliparous females and formation of milk-secreting lobuloalveolar structures in pregnancy appeared normal ( Fig. 8a-c ). To exclude any issue of development effects in K5-Cre rank flox/ ⁇ mice that might affect certain cell populations in normal physiology, MMTV-Cre rank flox/ ⁇ mice were therefore used for all further experiments. These MMTV-Cre rank flox/ ⁇ mutant mice are hereafter termed RANK ⁇ mam .
  • Example 15 Mechanism of RANKL activation upon progestin administration:
  • MPA treatment triggers massive proliferation of mammary epithelial cells.
  • MPA-induced proliferation of mammary epithelial cells was significantly reduced in RANK ⁇ mam females ( Fig. 1d ; Fig. 9a-c ).
  • RANKL i.p. injections into nulliparous females triggered proliferation of mammary gland epithelial cells via RANK ( Fig. 9d,e ).
  • endogenous progesterone affects the numbers of Lin-CD24+CD49f hi stem cells during pregnancy 15 and the estrous cycle 16 .
  • Example 16 Influence of progestins on cancer development via RANK/RANKL in control and RANK/RANKL deficient mice: In The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the Million Women Study, the use of progestins has been epidemiologically linked to the onset and incidence of breast cancer.
  • Progestin-driven mammary cancer can be modeled in female mice, where implantation of slow release MPA pellets in the presence of the DNA damaging agent dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) triggers mammary cancer ( Fig. 2a ; Fig. 10a,b ).
  • DMBA DNA damaging agent dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
  • Example 17 Cancer onset after progestin challenge and DNA damage: Since RANK 6 mam showed a delayed onset in progestin-induced mammary cancer, next the incidence of mammary tumors at early stages after MPA/DMBA challenge was analysed. One week after the last DMBA treatment, all RANK expressing control females already exhibited multiple in situ carcinomas and even invasive mammary tumors. By contrast, very few carcinomas were observed in situ and never any invasive mammary carcinomas in RANK ⁇ mam animals one week after the last DMBA challenge ( Fig. 2d ).
  • Example 18 RANKL signaling: RANKL-RANK signaling via IKKa-NFkB-CyclinD1 in mammary epithelial cells is illustrated in Fig. 14a .
  • RANKL stimulation indeed resulted in p65 NF K B and I ⁇ B ⁇ phosphorylation in primary mouse mammary gland epithelial cells (MECs) ( Fig. 3a ).
  • MECs primary mouse mammary gland epithelial cells
  • RANKL stimulation of MECs triggered phosphorylation of p38-MAPKs and ERK ( Fig. 14b ).
  • mice were challenged with MPA.
  • a three day MPA treatment resulted in nuclear accumulation of phosphorylated I ⁇ B ⁇ , indicative of an active NF K B pathway, and induction of CyclinD1 protein expression in mammary epithelial cells, both of which were severely reduced in RANK ⁇ mam female ( Fig. 15a,b ).
  • MPA/DMBA-induced mammary adenocarcinomas isolated from control and RANK ⁇ mam females we found impaired activation of the NF K B pathway ( Fig. 3b ) and downregulated mRNA expression of Cyclin D1 ( Fig. 3c ). In these primary tumors also upregulation of p21 mRNA ( Fig.
  • the Id2 pathway is a second genetically confirmed downstream pathway for RANKL/RANK in mammary epithelial cells 17 .
  • human SKBR3 breast tumor cells were assayed.
  • RANKL stimulation induced NF K B, p38-MAPKs and ERK activation and proliferation in SKBR3 cells ( Fig. 16a,b ).
  • RANKL stimulation the ability of these cells to grow in an anchorage-independent manner was assessed, which correlates well with tumorigenicity in vivo 18 .
  • RANKL induced growth of SKBR3 cells in soft agar ( Fig. 3d ), i.e. RANK signaling not only triggers proliferation but also acts as a transforming agent to induce anchorage-independent growth.
  • NFATc1 can also be regulated by the Id2 pathway during RANKL-medj-ated osteoclastogenesis.
  • MMTV-Cre nfatc1 flox/ ⁇ 6 NFATcl ⁇ mam
  • MMTV-Cre Ikk ⁇ flox/flox mice were generated to delete NFATc1 and IKK ⁇ in mammary epithelial cells.
  • IKKa ⁇ mam mice When challenged with MPA/DMBA, IKKa ⁇ mam mice exhibited a delayed onset of mammary cancer ( FIG. 3e ). In tumors from IKK ⁇ ⁇ mam mice normal expression of IKK ⁇ and IKK ⁇ was found but reduced NF K B activation as determined by increased I K B protein levels and decreased p65 NF K B phosphorylation ( Fig. 3b ) and downregulated mRNA expression of the NF K B target gene Cyclin D1 ( Fig. 3c ) suggesting that IKK ⁇ is indeed required for NF K B signaling in these tumors.
  • the Id2 pathway gene p21 was not affected in tumors from IKK ⁇ ⁇ mam mice ( Fig. 3c ). No significant differences in the tumor onset between control and NFATc1 ⁇ mam mice were observed ( Fig. 16c,d ), suggesting that downstream signaling requirements are different in osteoclast progenitors and mammary gland epithelial cells. Thus, deletion of IKK ⁇ , but not NFATc1, in mammary gland epithelial cells affects the onset of progestin-driven mammary cancer.
  • Example 19 Hormone driven cancer development due to DNA damage: Although MPA treatment induces very rapid and massive proliferation of mammary epithelial cells, MPA alone is not sufficient to trigger mammary cancer which requires a carcinogen to induce DNA mutations.
  • MECs mouse primary mammary epithelial cells
  • SKBR3 human breast cancer cell line SKBR3
  • DNA damaging agents doxorubicin or y-irradiation were treated with DNA damaging agents doxorubicin or y-irradiation.
  • RANKL treatment did not alter induction of yH2AX and p53 or activation of Chk1, prototypic markers of a functional DNA damage response ( Fig. 17a ).
  • RANKL did not alter the early cell cycle arrest after DNA damage with y-irradiation ( Fig. 17b,c ) or doxorubicin (Fig. l8a,b).
  • RANKL treatment resulted in a marked protection from cell death in response to ⁇ -irradiation ( Fig. 17b,c ) and doxorubicin-induced DNA damage ( Fig. 18a,b ).
  • y-irradiation-induced upregulation of the pro-apoptotic molecules Bim, Puma, and Noxa did not occur in the presence of RANKL ( Fig. 18c ).
  • the IKK ⁇ pathway was involved in MPA-induced protection of the mammary epithelium after y-irradiation (Fig. l9a,b).
  • MPA can protect from cell death after DNA damage via RANKL/RANK and IKK ⁇ signaling.
  • Example 20 Tumor inhitiating stem cells: Recently it has been shown in humans and mice that mammary tumors might arise from stem cell populations 20 . Therefore it was tested whether loss of RANK affects mammary cancer stem cells, i.e. tumor initiating cells (TICs). TICs can be functionally assayed by their ability to form non-adherent mammospheres 20 . Freshly isolated cancer cells from control and RANK 6mam females were able to form primary mammospheres, however, after dispersion into single cells the ability to form secondary mammospheres was significantly impaired using TICs from RANK ⁇ mam mice ( Fig. 4a,b ). These data indicate that loss of RANK activity or expression markedly impairs the self-renewal capacity of cancer stem cells.
  • TICs tumor initiating cells
  • Example 21 Discussion: Based on these results the following molecular mechanism how hormones such as MPA drive cancer via RANKL is apparent: MPA triggers an enormous induction of RANKL in the mammary gland. The induction of RANKL in response to MPA requires expression of the prolactin receptor and possibly other intermediates. RANKL via RANK on mammary epithelial cells drives these cells into the cell cycle and, importantly, protects mouse as well as human mammary gland epithelial cells from apoptosis in response to DNA damage including y-irradiation. Moreover, RANKL-/RANK control self renewal of mammary cancer stem cells and anchorage-independent growth.
  • progestin-induced RANKL/RANK provide a growth and survival advantage to damaged mammary epithelium, a pre-requisite to initiate mammary cancer 21 .
  • These effects are, at least in part, mediated via the IKKa-NF K B signaling pathway.
  • RANKL-RANK system is an important molecular link between progestins and epithelial carcinogenesis.
  • RANKL inhibition is therefore a novel approach to prevent and/or treat cancer.
  • RANKL inhibition can also be used to prime cancer cells for anti-cancer therapy such as based on radiation or other DNA damaging agents.

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